Negotiating a Copper and Resource Decline, Asia and Astronomy Beckon
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Show Notes
Ambassador of Chile to Malaysia H.E. Christian Rehren discusses:
- The Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement - Trade value - breakdown;
- Talks on services and investments - commencement - two years implementation of the Trade in Goods Agreement;
- Copper - salmon - wine - as among Chile's biggest industries;
- Chile - Malaysia trade currently favors Chile -- reasons - trade balance - outlook;
- Chile - strongest sovereign bond rating in South America - issues;
- Global Competitiveness Report - Chile; - FTAs - abundance - issues;
- Rule-based countercyclical fiscal policy - reasons - issues;
- Chile - world’s top producer of copper - issues;
- Double-edged sword - over-reliance; - Copper as economic mainstay;
- Global demand - prices - downturn;
- Plunging gold prices not helping - help reduce cash costs of mining copper - double whammy;
- Economic outlook - Chile - copper prices continue declines;
- Oversupply: huge concern; - Resource boom - cost inflation - declining competitive advantage - social frisson - Gini Coefficient;
- Investment in astronomy - historical reasons - innovation - research.
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